Whether you buy from us or from any other breeder, if you truly care where your snakes come from and the history of the animals, you should follow one rule of thumb. Always ask the breeder/dealer, point blank, "Is this animal captive born and bred?" and if so, "Who produced the animal I am buying?" Now, the scam artists that are so plentiful these days will lie anyways when already misrepresenting their animals. But when a reputable breeder that may be brokering the offspring of another breeder is asked this they are usually honest about it. Why is this relevant, you might ask? Because you are supposedly buying THAT breeders offspring. Often, to get animals from a big name breeder you are paying a lot more for the same animal you can get for half the price elsewhere. Youre paying extra for the name, for the reputation, for the label. So if that breeder did not produce it, then why should you have to pay his or her prices? If you are wanting stock from that particular breeder then it should BE his or her stock produced from his or her animals. If it is someone elses stock then it should be cheaper and advertised accurately as the offspring of another. And if it is someone elses stock you have no real way of knowing how that person runs their show, how healthy their breeders are, if they practice respectable husbandry and proper quarantine measures, or if even they too are brokering some other third partys animals. The short version of what I am trying to convey here is that brokered snakes are, in my opinion, dishonest and downright risky. And you may be very surprised just how many breeders do this daily.
Several years ago I posted pics of some of the morph Burms and retics that at the time I had, some of you may remember them anyway, one of the snakes was of a solid brown retid with a very wide white stripe going down its back. Well on K.S. last month people were posting pics so again I posted this pic and HEH claimed that he was buying this snake from Beau Lewis. I told HEH that that snake was dead and frozen in my freezer. This man claims to be buying, bought or already owns most of the snakes that I have or have had. I posted a pic of my Black Burm and again HEH claims to be buying the very same snake and said I did not have it. I had Ben Rodgers post a pic with me holding the snake. Shortly later I got a call marked "private" the man on the phone claimed to be David and he then threatened me with a law suit if I did not stop posting photos of "HIS" snakes. 
I to have fun and to post I pic of him holding the Black burm or the retic. I have yet to see it and I have posted other pics. I do not think we will ever see a pic of him holding anything. The man goes to the zoo or doctors photos but owns nothing.
